Do you prefer the 1st or 2nd half of bowl better?

[karam]

Second half for me, it's as hoosier put it: stronger and sweeter taste - likely due to some stoving going on in the bowl as we smoke. And as Dan and others said, if the first half is for some reason bad (bad packing, humidity) then the second half is usually good to be dumped and save time and frustration.

 

[krizzose]

If the blend is Virginia forward, I always enjoy the second half more, as there tends to be (at least as I perceive it) more brown sugar/caramel flavors.

The first quarter bowl or so of many Virginias I find to be a bit thin and even a touch acrid.